Mattress retainer



May 31, 1927.-

1,630,462 M. C. BARBER v.

MATTRESS RETAINER Filed Dec. 31, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 31,1927.

M. C. BARBER MATTRESS RETAINER Filed Dec. 31, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet -2 '2- Patented May 31, 1927; t

(MATTRESS RETAINER;

Application filed December- 31, 1925-. serial mam,

- portionssupportingtthe mattress aremoyed out of the-normalhorizontal position.- I

" i Another'objiecti is to create a mattress re-;

tai-nen' which is: of simple i-constru'ction and, adjustability and is easily applied-and; re l5 m0 vedfrom amattrt-3ss Q A: still further object is-to afford a device which will hol'dxthe rmattress and clothing in position: insapositive-manner and which will'rnotflinjure: same 'ancl will-present a i 'si'ghtly appearance I when in position; on a bed. a 1 v I" A further object is to provide a clamping means: for; holding a mattress; which: inclined: as on a hospital, bed or is vertical'as in 7 an in-a-door bed I put -up for thelday, from slippingdown from held-position; and such further objects, a'dvantages and capabilities asiwillilater more fully appear. J My invention further; resides inlthe com hination; -construction and arrangement of parts illustrated inzthe accompanying draw- I I ing s,'i .and whilellhave shown therein preferred embodiments :of my invention-,- Ijwjish. it understood thatthe same is susceptible of modification land change without departing from the spirit of my invention. V

, Referrin'geita the clrawings,'Fig'.j 1 ;is a

' perspective view of: aghospital I bedshowing partly ,broken away to showfmy mattress V retainerk in clampingnposition'.

1 j2lis, a perspective :view otran' in adoor hed in vertical po'sititm with, the mattressiandwspring frame partly brokenzaway to 'showwmy new; clamping: means 1 in 'use. Fig; 3 is a sectional vrtical viewofmy mattress retainer as applied to-amattress.' Fig. 4 isaJoross -seeti-ona zon :linet4:,of

Fig.;3.iw Fig. 5 is a plan view.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View showing the lower plate and hook in detail and also the upper plate member about to'be joined 5 to the lOWer plate.

7 Fig. 7 is a vertical view partly in section V the free end of the c1amping jaw I or asu ha f difie'rent embodiment tor-"my lnvention showing the hook fdisp'ose'd: nearer comprises a invention more in detail M BE' -BA nREoFCnICAGO; minors,

pair of spaced 'jaws 1 and2, said-jawsfbecoming wider toward the bottom as; shown at S, andiibending; inwardly, to fo'rma grip 1 4:. At: the topyboth, jaw members 1 and 2" are bent;at-.1 fl-ight anglesas shown-at 5 and the material of jaw l is continuedto form: I

lower p'latefi and jaw) v2 to form. upper plate 7,. The lowerplate 6"ha's flanged edges- 8. to ,l1ol d thexupperxplatein slidable. relation 'therebetween: TA hook. 9 is stamped V out otijawfl and extends-outwardly, from the under surface of pla'fte 6- as clearly shown in FigQG. @Tliishook 9 may alsojbe stamped out the reverseof the embodiment shown" in Fig :6 so that i will "extend from, the

opposite-lend of the opening as=clearly:,shownf 1n1F g..1 7,- ifdesired, in order toaccommodate; a longermattress. Theinpperlplate 7 hasa slot 11} [which ,slides over screw r threaded hole 7 a 10 in lower plate 6; i When the *point of adjust-ment'is found between. the plates'so that the 'jaws tightly grip-the mattress to :b hkLe: wingholt- 12 wh'ich passes through slot; 11 andfi-nto, threaded engagement; with hole lQ is. tightened to thev evi i 'ttfixedip t en i'w t el t en to the mattress, Inf-Eigp lkmy devi'ceg isthe proper length theyhcok i) '-(of-'Figs, ,-1

and 6-) is placed I over the upper side oi? the end -1nember of: thebed frame as-shown v in Figs. *1' and? i when my device is ap a mattress-in inclined;position-with the mattressand: a portion of the-springs and frame plied-to ;a mattress of such length as v to as: sllOwllfi l-Lfljigasil j the mattress is posi:

patient or action of gravity thuseliminating theconstant source of annoyance to-f V Ill) nurses heretoforeoccasioned'by the repeated necessity ofhaving tofp'ull the mattress shown -in =,use on; ahospitalQbed where: an

nclined? spring; 1 v and lma'ttress '7 are fused llVliervholding a mattress ot. approximately protrude ;a substantial distance beyond the .endinemher-ot the bed-frame, the form showniin Fig 'Z-is availed o f tand-the hook being nearer the 1 free end'ofthe jaw 1 will, when placed oven the end member: oil the bed; frame" accommodate the extra lengthtfiof the mattress?fwithout causing bucklinglof thelatterwm 7 upwardly to its elevated and smooth oon- I J ditionfor which latter worknurses areusually forced tocall for assistance.

l/Vhen'iny device is used for-holdingina-do'or bed mattresses in verticaliposit'ion in disarran 1 Y loweredatnight for-use; I

f readily adjustable to different thi'oknessesof material to be gripped, and is positive ln its pe a 7 While I have illustrated only :two uses] of'my improved. device, it is, of course, ob-f" viousthat'it' may be applied'to other uses "This device is easilyand"quiokly applied,

' without departing from the spirit of my in 7 of clampingQ jaws each having 'a portion *Y'ention;

Having now desci'ibedmy-j invention, I claim:

' J lyA mattress retalner comprising a par bentgassubstantially a right angIe'tothe main -jaw p'ortio'nto, formadjust ng: plates 'slida'ble oneupon [the other, one ofsaid plates having means to holdthe otherv longitudinally slidable thereon, means toffas- I jteIi' said plates against sliding" movement when'the jaws have been properly. adjusted,

onefof-said plates having an extension thereon, theend of said extension vbeing formed intoa hook positioned laterally outside'of the: two jaws, said hook being formed 'in- V tegrlallywith the nearest jaw, so that when a mattress is secured between said jaws the "olit of lhorizbntalposition;

2. Afmattres'sflretainer comprising, a pair of jaws" each having an angularly bent pore-r f'tion'to form adjusting plates slidablefone V v V f jaws, a plate at one vend of each iofsaid jaws hook may be hooked overan' adjaoent portion of the bed frame to "holdrthe "mattress I "against substantial displacement when moved;

'u'pon' thefother,means carried by one of said i plates and'cooperating with the other plate to fasten them against slidable movement when the jaws have been adjusted "with the mattress tightl held between, a hook integral with and extendingdownwardly-from I the lower jaw -when the jaws fare horil zontal position, so that when the jaws have a mattressclamped therebetween the hook may be hooked over an adjacent portion of the 'bed' 7 frame Q normally beneath the *mat tress, to prevent substantial displacement of the mattress'when moved. out of horizontal (position. r

Al mattress retainer -oomprising. a] pair lclam'pingja-ws each formed an an gularly extending portion, said portiOnS be-'- ing slidable one on the other, tighten-ing means extending throughjthe angularly eX--- tending portions to lock them against slideing when=thejaws have been adjusted to grip a mattress therebetween, and a 'hook on one offsaid aws to hook over an ad acent portion of a bed frame to' hold the mattress against substantial displacement" when the adjacentportion-of the bed frame-hasfbeen moved out of horizontal position.

4.11 1 a 'mattress retainer for holding; a mattress against substantial displacement with relationito a-"bed framewhenmovedout of horizontal position, a pair of jaws each having an-angularly extending portion, 7 said portions being slidableone on the other," tightening means carried'byonego'fsaid an? gularly extending portions and-f cooperating against sliding movement relatively to each other when the jawsfarefadju'sted tog-rip extending downwardly when the aws are with the, other of said portions toj lockthem Y v a mattress, and a hooko'ngone ofsaid jaws I in horizontal position, 7 said hook being adapted to take overjanadjacent portion of a bed'frame' to hold the "mattress against slipping when'theg fadjacentiportionzof the I bed 'frame'and the mattress are moved to a vertical or inclined position. l

having opposing faces each having angangularlvextending*portion slidable one on a theoth'er, releasable locking-means toloek In a 'mattress retamer a pair-.of-jaws i said portions against slidingmoveinentfwhen .7

a mattress isgrippedb'etweenthe jaws, and a hook extending laterally from one of said 7 opposing faces,"saidhook being adapted to T5 take over an adjacent'portionof a bed frame when moved out of horizontali positioni f '6. A 'mattress retainer having a a pair of of said plates'havingia"slot,said plates be:

ing held in slidable engagement with each other by said flange, and 'slidable to deter to hold the mattress against displacement minezthe' adjustmentof said Jjaws, v.ineans l projecting through the hole'inthe flanged for the mattress.

In witness whereoflI hereuntosubscribe aws toen a e overa-"coo eratin su' ortplate and the slot in the other plateto holdi" V v the plates in adjusted position, and-Ta hook 110 stamped from the material of ohe of thef- 

